The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1887-03-26

thee prisoner being in Macroom at th
time Of the occurrence. The prisone
was returned for trial. bail being &C
cepted.
DERRY.
The landlo rds and magistrates O.
Derry are calling for more police or sol
diers to enable them to collect thu
rents.
DONEGAL.
The landlords of Donegal met The
landlords of Derry, and agreed to make
a joint demand on Dublin Castle fol
more police for the two counties.
DOWN.
At Ballybot Petty Sessions, Colonel
Evanson, r. M, presiding, James Nc
Conville was brought up on remand
charged, at the suit of District Inspector
Davies, with having stabbed Patrick
McManus on the night of January q,
at Ballyhappy, County Armagh, in con-
sequence of which the complainant had
been in Armagh Inlirnarg three weeks.
Mr.. Donnelly defended the prisoner.
Evidence having been given, the
prisoner was returned for trial to Al
MACH assizes, bail being accepted.
T11cDXrANT Arrr
A magisterial investigation was held
at Enniskillen by Capt. McTernan,
r. M. (chairmanj, DR.. Walsh, and
Messrs. w. Teele, James Mcguire and
Moore Batty, into the circumstances
connected with the recent alleged
Whiteboy outrage at Belcoo, on the 29th
January last. The two men accused of
the offence - Daniel McGovern and
Thomas McFadden. who are small
farmers living near Belcoo-were pres
emit in custody. Mr.. Joseph Alexander,
S. c. S. INSTRUCTED by Mr.. A. T. Cor
den, S. ~, prosecuted. Mr.. McInerny,
b. L. INSTRUCTED by Mr.. J. T. Wray,
l.. L BY appeared for the defence.
Evidence was given, and the accused
were returned for trial to the assizes,
bail being aceepted-themselves in ESQ,
and two sureties in 925 each.
GALWAY.
The Galway indicator announces on
the best authority that Mr.. Frank
Joyce, the agent of Lord Clanricarde,
has resigned that position in conse.
quence Of letters having appeared in
the public press disappearing Mr..
Joyce's management of his lordship's
estate. The office is said to be worth a
thousand q year. 1t is also stated that
Mr.. Joyce has resigned because of the
refusal of Lord Clanricarde to come to
a settlement with the tenantry on the
basis OF a reasonable reduction, which
he had been urging him to accept.
The Freeman of February 26 says:
The Press Association reported that on
Thursday night of last week the police
Frustrated an attempt to blow up Para
disc House, the residence Of Mr. Hem,
Recorder of Galway, while it was oc-
cupied by two resident magistrates and
District Inspector Carey. The police
patrol seeing a flash, and that man
ran away, founa on the window sill a
toz with a burning fuse, which they ex-
The box contained two
pounds of dynamite. In a letter to the
Times Mr.. Hem himself has recapitu-
lated the facts. Mr.. Hem had din
ner party at his house at the time, Dis
trict Inspector Carey being of the num-
Der.
KERRY.
On February % in ListoWel the tails
of Y valuable cows and bullocks were
cut, and the animals otherwise injured.
n cause can be assigned for the out
rage, as the owner is regarded as good
landlord.
On Sunday evening, February 20. an
Ill ultu dllO Fdlblolly O1ct5 uloCu Os'iAo
visited several farm houses in the lonely
district of Lockhetara, among the
mountains of Killarney They took
arms from the houses of men named
Lyons. Shea. Fleming and Murphy
One of them asked Murphy if he was
water bailiif Murphy said he had been
in that position once. whereupon he
was shot in the leg. Murphy bled to
Heath before medical assistance could
be summoned. An inquest was held
On the body Of the dead man On Febru-
ary q. The evidence of DR.. Hickson
showed that the shots had broken the
bones of the foot. and that if the blood
nad been stopped promptly deceased
might have rallied. Amputation would,
however, then have been necessary.
The pellets we're of zinc. Mary Murphy,
widow of deceased, said that she so
shielded her husband that the shots
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